Chameleon Web Server Player Release Notes

This article contains release notes for the Chameleon Web Server (Web Player)

Version 3.0.429

• fixes object spacing in crawl scenes that contain multiple objects and objects on multiple lines

Version 3.0.423

• fix show that had more than one background \ bug scene enabled wouldn’t display any backgrounds

• fix updating material colors

Version 3.0.419

• fix for automation commands for Show and Channel change not working previously

Version 3.0.418

• fix playing Scene that has a Quad with a video material would not show after playing the first time

Version 3.0.416

• Polls : add ^poll.qrcode tag

• fix using a material color that has alpha

• fix a conditions error introduced in 3.0.401

• Migrate application data folder from C:\ProgramData\Bannister Lake\Ticker Player\ to C:\ProgramData\Ross Video\Chameleon Web Server\

Version 3.0.411

• fix for Asset Scene Out animation not working (introduced in 3.0.401)

Version 3.0.409

• fix Scene In conditions when comparing against Other value Equals empty when the Scene is the first one online

Version 3.0.407

• fix sceneIn\sceneOut conditions comparing against previous scenes data

• fix animation condition when comparing a boolean tag (e.g.: ^score.postgame) against a 'true' or 'false' string

Version 3.0.404

• fix applying Quads color value when changing its Width via a script

Version 3.0.403

• fix a scripting issue when passing a quad object into a global function the Width and Height properties were returning undefined

Version 3.0.402

• update installer graphics

• when updating a quad with color make invisible when passed a blank value

Version 3.0.401

• fix applying Quads color was adding a tint

• fix changing a Quads Width and Height via script

• Help->Check For Updates will show status in a popup dialog

• Financial : support financial topic tags

• support for multiple conditions when using Designer 2.4.29 or later

• support for Scene In\Out conditions when using Designer 2.4.29 or later

• support Vertical Centering of Text objects when using Designer 2.4.29 or later

Version 3.0.396

• Fix zone backgrounds

• Election : support for Event, Party, Office, Area, and Candidate dynamic fields

Version 3.0.394

• fix to request enough data for the topic when showing multiple records

Version 3.0.392

• fix issue with Flow Login and getting content groups from some logins (introduced in 3.0.382)

Version 3.0.390

• Elections : add tags for ^choice.eligiblevotes, ^choice.eevp, ^choice.popvotesprevious, and ^choice.poptotalvotes

Version 3.0.389

• Elections : support election choice dynamic tags

Version 3.0.388

• Elections : fix headshot media error introduced in previous build

Version 3.0.387

• Elections : fix error if Election Event Type is not set

• Elections : support for using the election event generic headshot if set when a candidate headshot is not found

Version 3.0.386

• Fix error playing projects that didn't support object pivot (introduced in version 3.0.384)

Version 3.0.385

• write startUTC and endUTC values to the sponsor as run if the database supports them

Version 3.0.384

• write endpoint, apiEnabled, and apiPort values to the player table

• fix pivot on Quad Images

Version 3.0.383

• fix error when enabling chameleon.api on multiple instances that was introduced in the previous build (3.0.382)

Version 3.0.382

• get content group list from Flow BLADE endpoint

• no longer restrict thumbnails from Chameleon.Api to 640x480

• uses Chameleon.Api 1.0.15

Version 3.0.375

• add timestamp query string to media urls

• if json project file not found try to load the xml file if present

Version 3.0.374

• support for adjusting object Pivot point (Pivot X, Pivot Y) when using projects created in Designer 2.4.17.

Version 3.0.372

• support election choice ignore

• support gzip compression of json data if the request supports it

• NDI Player

  • use NDI 6 SDK

Version 3.0.370

• fix issue with webm files not playing that was introduced in 3.0.362

Version 3.0.362

• support for for text object property ‘Maximum Line Count’ added in Designer 2.4.15

• for boolean visibility tags also set text value = "true"/"false" if it's a text object

Version 3.0.358

• support for weather tags: ^weather.pressuredirection, ^weather.dewpoint, ^weather.airquality, ^weather.visibility, ^weather.wind.directiondegree

Version 3.0.357

• fix missing ^alert.type tag data

Version 3.0.353

• Scores : added support for the tag ^score.league.hometeamfirst - an object visibility based on the leagues home team first setting state. object is visible if TRUE

Version 3.0.352

• Query : use the valueType field in the rundown_query_params table for queries with parameters when using Flow 15.7.4.6 or later

Version 3.0.349

• Support for playing query rundown items with parameters when using Flow 15.7.1.6 or later

Version 3.0.339

• fix traffic camera images not updating

Version 3.0.338

• use Chameleon.Api 1.0.12

• support version of Chameleon.Api GetThumbnail that takes width, height, and letterbox parameters

• Increase MaxBufferSize and MaxReceivedMessageSize for the Chameleon.API Service

Version 3.0.337

• update Telerik controls to 2022.3.1109.45

• support for recurring events

Version 3.0.336

• hide the iframe border when using an Embedded object

Version 3.0.335

• support for color dynamic tags

• improvements to detect changes to existing media items

Version 3.0.334

• support for dynamic score playlists

Version 3.0.332

• fix setting partial path images from resource folder sub folders via chameleon api. e.g.: "logos/image.png"

• fix issue that could cause image to blink off\on when updating

Version 3.0.331

• Additional improvements for Traffic camera url updates

Version 3.0.330

• Update for Traffic camera image url showing cached image and never updating

Version 3.0.329

• When setting an objects Text via a script also apply the Format if the object has one assigned

Version 3.0.325

• support ^topic.media for topics that support media (e.g.: leagues)

Version 3.0.324

• if score start time after today apply default format to show the day, and date when greater than a week, in addition to the time

• for score.start and score.status tag when showing game start time, using a format will allow for multiple custom formats to be specified to use for games that are today and future games using a semicolon as a separator. See Sports Tags documentation for more details.

• event playlists use calendar broadcast name for the ^event.calendar tag

Version 3.0.319

• fix console log error that could appear when data is null for an object

Version 3.0.318

• chameleon.api : fix assigning quad an image file that doesn't exist and then assigning the quad with the same image at a later time when it does exist

• when data is null still apply the content to the object instead of just making the object invisible

• maintain visibility state of the object in scene when applying content (e.g.: if object was invisible keep it as such)

Version 3.0.317

• webm related updates

• chameleon.api - improve waiting for project to finish loading before online, update

Version 3.0.313

• chameleon.api : when firing the AsRunReport callback maintain the same case for the asset name so it matches what was passed into setonline

Version 3.0.312

• update to detect if media url is a video when url doesn't contain an extension

Version 3.0.310

• update debug log message

Version 3.0.309

• Add support for closing group (topic) dynamic tags (requires Flow 14.1.4.4 or greater)

• update to pixi.js 6.2.1, dash.js 4.2.1

NDI Player

• add Fill Only option to Stream Tab

Version 3.0.308

• Add support for sponsor dynamic tag type (requires Flow 13.12.2.3 or greater for Sponsor dynamic tag type support)

Version 3.0.307

• use dash.js 4.2.0

Version 3.0.306

• fix a possible issue when running multiple query zones at the same time

• don't set number type dynamic tags that are blank\empty in Flow to 0's, leave them empty instead

• add an additional parameters field to the Flow database settings

Version 3.0.305

• scores : order score items to match flow order

• scores : add ^score.league.sport tag (contains same data as the current ^score.league.type tag) 

• add settings 'Use Database Time for Item On-Air', 'Use Database Time for Item Expiry' to control if the player should use it's local time or the database time when checking for item On-Air and Item Expiry times. Useful if the player system clock is using a different time zone from the database server

Version 3.0.303

• fix GetRundown query error introduced in ver 301

Version 3.0.301

• add support for tags ^displayindex, ^displayindextotal  that will return the current display index value and the display index total when using the Display setting in a rundown.

• support for show based tags: ^show.name, ^show.rundown.name

• add setting 'Use Branding Channel Time Adjust' (default to false). Will control if the time adjust should be applied to start times if using a channel that is also linked to a branding player that has a time adjust assigned.

• traffic playlists : don't include items that are not enabled to air

• log a message when project modification is detected

Version 3.0.299

• fix bug applying tags that was introduced in 3.0.298

Version 3.0.298

• handle tags like ^tag[text] and sub tags like .subtag[text] from chameleon api

Version 3.0.297

• fix issue with image pre caching

• fix for rundown limit sometimes not working initially after creating a new player instance

Version 3.0.296

• chameleon api related fixes when applying tags with SetOnline or Update using array style tag naming (e.g.: ^tag[0].xxxx, ^tag[1].xxxx) when that tags appeared in the tag dictionary in non sequential order.

Version 3.0.294

NDI Player

• use NDI SDK 5.0

Version 3.0.292

• fix polls query

Version 3.0.288

• fix issues related to first/last item and first/last page, especially for animation conditions

• with designer 2.1.4 or later projects, load local fonts from project folder

• show the content group in the channel and show name dropdowns (e.g.: Global:BLTV)

• don't list or play a show if it is marked as disabled in Flow

Version 3.0.287

• rollback to pixi.js 4.8.9

Version 3.0.286

• fix issue with paging that was introduced in version 3.0.274

Version 3.0.285

• fix sponsor to only write asrun record if sponsor is assigned to a campaign

• when writing asrun check if start and end times passed in are utc and convert to local time if needed

Version 3.0.284

• Uses chameleon.api 1.0.11 - adds Update method with an assetName parameter

• chameleon.api - fix GetOnlineStatus callback not including assetName for items SetOnline with keepOnline=false

• chameleon.api - fix error firing the asrun callback

Version 3.0.283

• Uses chameleon.api 1.0.10 - adds support for GetOnlineStatus and OnlineStatus callback from chameleon.api

Version 3.0.282

• disable the installer launch condition for "run only if active internet condition found"

Version 3.0.280

• fix bug where scene-in animations didn't play (introduced in  3.0.279)

Version 3.0.279

• fix animation issue checking ^topic conditions and don't run update in/out animations until first data update

• cleanup old crawl resources to avoid memory leak

Version 3.0.277

• fix error if scene contained a mask file (introduced in 3.0.276)

• include missing format details with ^choice.event tag data

• fix error if election pollsTotal is null

• fix for a visibility tag (e.g.: ^choice[n].winner) where the data value is false initially being visible when it should be hidden

Version 3.0.276

• add ^score.gamestate tag to return the pure game state (e.g.: Pregame, In-Progress, Final, Delayed, Postponed, etc.)

• fix ^score.status not returning anything outside of pregame

• support for Chameleon Designer scripting

requires Chameleon Designer 2.1 or later for scripting support

Version 3.0.274

• fix error launching when using older versions of the database (before Flow 11.11.3.1) that don't yet have the revision column in project table

• add missing weather tag: ^weather.text for current or ^weather.<detailTypeCode>.text e.g.: ^weather.day1.text, ^weather.part1.text

• add version to title bar

Version 3.0.271

• apply crossOrigin = 'anonymous' to image url requests

Version 3.0.270

• select None as the current show when scheduler is enabled and no show is currently scheduled

• show icon in scheduler tab when scheduler is enabled

Version 3.0.269

• show the project path name in brackets beside the published project name

• fix error when creating a new instance that could cause the channel and show drop downs to be unpopulated.

• support for channel dynamic tags e.g.: ^channel.tagname

• support for downloading uploaded projects from server

• chameleon.api : reload project if load is called on a previously loaded project and the project has been modified

• chameleon.api : wait for project to finish loading if online\update command is received before the load has finished

• designer 2.0 animation support

Version 3.0.268

• fix error reading media from the database when the media records had null width, height, or ext fields

• show the project path (filename) in the Project field of the in brackets beside the published project name.

Version 3.0.267

• Elections:  fix error when number of data records was less then the number of choices in the scene

Version 3.0.266

• Elections: fix for no results if there were no offices used for the contest

• Elections: when zero votes also order choices by the incumbent

Version 3.0.265

• Elections : use party order in the ordering of choices to specify correct order when there are 0 results

• Elections : fix for no results if the election type wasn't set for the event

Version 3.0.264

• fix ^choice.party.media not working (introduced in 261)

Version 3.0.263

• fix league topic dynamic tag error (introduced in 3.0.261)

Version 3.0.262

• support for setting logo tag images from urls via chameleon.api

• don't reset the selected channel or show if db connection goes down

• show error icon in tab when the server isn't running

• clone settings from the last instance when adding new instance

• create a unique endpoint name when adding new instance

• use a RadWindow.Alert control instead of standard message box to show any Flow Url connection errors encountered after pressing Apply in the Flow Tab

• after pressing Apply in Flow Tab revert back to previous Flow Url on error, if there was one set

• fix sponsor spot as run logging

• log message cleanup

Version 3.0.261

• support for topic dynamic tags for topics that have dynamic tag support (alert, story, custom) ( e.g.: ^topic.dynamictagname )

Version 3.0.260

• add a timecode clock control to the ui that will show the current clock time for the instance

• use the players assigned channels' time adjust value, if one has been set for a channel, and apply it to the instance timecode clock display, scheduler, sponsor spot schedules, and score, event, story, alert start times

• use RadWindow.Confirm dialog instead of a MessageBox when confirming a shutdown or delete instance operation

• stop the instances' data server when removing an instance 

• default date time format to 'h:mm A' (e.g. 2:00 PM) if no format was provided

Version 3.0.258

• fix media dynamic tags handling of a null value column data

• fix text paging when the zone has a background

• run the update in\out animations when processing an Update command from chameleon.api

• use pixi.js 4.8.8

Version 3.0.255

• reuse child sprite instead of creating a new one if one already exists when updating a quad that uses a material that only had a colour assigned

Version 3.0.253

• support for sponsors spots (requires Flow 12.4.4.4 or later) 

• cleanup chameleon.api thumbnail image code - avoid file write \ read and fix leaked Image

• remove an unnecessary frequent info log message that was added in version 3.0.252

Version 3.0.252

• if string data type is a number apply numeric formatting if it was assigned to the text object

• scenes shown using the Chameleon.API are no longer always forced on top of web player shows. The scene z order will be determined by the scenes Layer property as set in the Chameleon Designer.

• add version of SetOnline to Chameleon.API with a makeVisible parameter (invisible scenes can be used for creating thumbnails)

• Uses Chameleon.Api version 1.0.9.0

Version 3.0.251

• fix weather playlist rundown shuffle

NDI Player

• use NDI SDK 4.5

Version 3.0.248

• support for tag names from chameleon.api containing the '/' character

• only allow the automation tcp or serial port settings to be changed when Enabled is unchecked

Version 3.0.247

• fix ^date and ^time tag display not working (introduced in version 3.0.243)

Version 3.0.245

• support for tag names from chameleon.api containing characters:  { , | } ~

• fix applying an image to a Quad that uses a material that didn't have an image assigned to it

Version 3.0.244

• move the 'Use System Tray' setting to the File menu

• fix weather media dynamic tag not working (was introduced in version 3.0.239)

• allow support for tag names from chameleon.api that contain special characters like (%, @, #, -, $, &, (, ), :,<, >) 

• ignore the leading ^ on tag names passed in from the chameleon.api setonline or update commands if the tag names passed from the api contain leading ^ character

Version 3.0.243

• chameleon.api - add support for new TagType.Visibility enum value to allow forcing a tag to be visible without setting its content

• Uses Chameleon.Api version 1.0.7.0

Version 3.0.241

• improved GetCountCommand for query handler to work better for all queries

Version 3.0.240

• Only ignore load request for already loaded video if it's DASH or looping the same video

Version 3.0.239

• fix a blocking issue checking the schedule status when scheduler is enabled that can cause interference with graphic rendering

Version 3.0.238

• fix weather playlist ordering when 'custom order' is unchecked

Version 3.0.237

• rundown limit support for elections

• stop using SQL commands SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS and SELECT FOUND_ROWS() as they are deprecated as of MySQL 8.0

• only try to start the remotecontrol service if the Remote Control setting is enabled

Version 3.0.236

• Fix score playlist error caused by the case sensitivity of SQL column aliases when using a database on an AWS RDS server

• Fix an unhandled exception if multiple automation commands have the same command text assigned

Version 3.0.235

• Add support for the Media data type

• When changing scenes in a zone, if the next scene uses the same layer as previous scene let transition logic handle taking the previous scene offline

• fix getting content groups from global users

Version 3.0.233

• fix for starting in system tray on launch when 'Use System Tray' is unchecked

• fix ^http://sponsor.name tag not being set

• stop automation on shutdown of player

• fix crash if automation tcp server fails to start

• fix options being applied incorrectly which prevented the loop and mute options from being applied to the quad

• Remove error handler when destroying video, and check for null url

Version 3.0.232

• add 'Use System Tray' setting to control if the player should hide in the system tray or not when closed

• remove the taskbar notification messages when starting app and moving to system tray

• ability for the player to recover if Flow or the MySQL db isn't available when player starts up.

• support loading video media files from project resources folder